Morgan Van Deventer
Clarke County native, son of Cornelius Van Deventer and grandson of Benjamin Morgan, who died in Baltimore in April 1922 after an operation.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of April 13, 1922 reports that Morgan Van Deventer, a son of the late Cornelius Van Deventer of Clarke County, a grandson of the late Benj. Morgan of the county, and a brother of Cashier Cornelius Van Deventer of the Boyce State Bank, died in Baltimore the Saturday before as a result of an operation to remove a carbuncle from his neck. The headline calls him a native of Clarke.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of April 13, 1922 reports that Morgan Van Deventer, a son of the late Cornelius Van Deventer of Clarke County, a grandson of the late Benj. Morgan of the county, and a brother of Cashier Cornelius Van Deventer of the Boyce State Bank, died in Baltimore the Saturday before as a result of an operation to remove a carbuncle from his neck. The headline calls him a native of Clarke.
What the source supports
That Morgan Van Deventer, a Clarke County native, died in Baltimore, as reported on April 13, 1922.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The body prints his given name "Morjpm"; the headline gives "Morgan." The item dates the death only as "Saturday" and gives no age. His relatives have no records here.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The April 13, 1922 obituary.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 13, 1922
Clarke Courier · 1922-04-13 (publication)
Locator: Page 4, obituary "Morgan Van Deventer Dies in Baltimore"
Relevant passageMORGAN VAN DEVENTER ! DIES IN BALTIMORE Brother of Cashier Cornelius Van Deventer of Boyce State Bank and Native of Clarke ... Mr. Morjpm [Morgan] Van Deventer, a son of the late Cornelius Van Deventer, of Clark* county, a grandson of the late Benj. Morgan of this county, and a brother of Cashier Cornelius Van Deventer, died in Baltimore Saturday as a result of an .operation for the' removal of a carbuncle from his neck.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
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